166 documented Māori supernatural beings from the Evil Eye grimoire, including 45 greater and 40 lesser in power tier.
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In Māori tradition, Māmari is a revered ocean-going canoe and symbol of importance in the early migrations that settled New Zealand. (Note: - Power tier: Primordial (as a revered and significant cultural artifact, Māmari's importance is on a cosmic level) - Abilities: Remove "means of transportation" as it does not accurately describe an )
Legendary Māori canoe used for migrations to settle the South Island of Aotearoa. (Note: 1. Power tier: Reduce from Greater to Lesser, as the Mānuka is described as one of the great ocean-going canoes, but not explicitly as a powerful regional entity. 2. Weaknesses: Add sensory cue - "Fai)
Large ocean-going canoes that played a central role in the Māori migration to New Zealand, symbolizing their ancestral connection and advanced navigational skills. (Note: * Power tier: Minor Spirit is more accurate as they are not depicted as having supernatural abilities. * Abilities: No mention of navigating the stars, winds, or currents in the source material; inste)
Supernatural beings in Māori mythology associated with the origins of the world and connected to the whakapapa. (Note: 1. Power tier: should be "Primordial" is correct, but consider rephrasing for clarity. 2. Origin story: should be more specific about what these entities are, rather than just stating they're part of )
In the Māori creation story, as depicted in Peter Gossage's book 'In the Beginning', the struggle between Ranginui and Papatūānuku implies the presence of other beings or forces. (Note: 1. Summary is partially accurate, but more specific information should be included. 2. Power tier: Primordial seems plausible given the Māori creation story's focus on primordial parents, but it could)
A legendary voyaging canoe in Māori tradition, sent from Hawaiki to bring supplies of kūmara (sweet potato) to Māori settlements in New Zealand. (Note: - Power tier: Reduce to Greater (powerful regional) as there is no indication that it's on a cosmic or deity-level in the source material. - Sensory cues: Specify what is meant by "strong sense of anc)
Mythological culture hero and demigod from Māori tradition, credited with slowing down the sun. (Note: - Power tier should be Lesser (not Primordial), given Māui's described abilities are consistent with a local spirit or powerful regional entity, rather than cosmic. - No physical description exists in)
Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga is a Māori culture hero, demigod, and trickster renowned in Māori and wider Polynesian tradition for his cleverness and extraordinary deeds. His name links him genealogically to his mother Taranga (tikitiki = 'topknot') and he is also called Māui-pōtiki (the youngest). Sources describe him as possessing superhuman strength and the ability to shapeshift into animals such as birds and worms.
A medium-sized honeyeater endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand, valued for its melodious, bell-like song and regarded as taonga by Māori. Treated in scientific sources as Anthornis melanura, it is the only extant mainland member of its genus and an important contributor to New Zealand soundscapes and dawn chorus.
Ngake is a tupua / taniwha figure in Māori tradition associated with the formation of Te Awa Kairangi (the Hutt River valley). In the Ngake–Whataitai story he is the vigorous sibling whose breaking free from a landlocked lake is said to have opened a channel to the sea.
In Māori folklore, Ngaro is a delicacy of the dead, providing sustenance for the living from the realm of the deceased. (Note: - Power tier should be Lesser, not Primordial, as it's described as a delicacy and its nature and behavior are unknown. - Origin story needs more specific detail or sourcing to support the claim that )
A being in the Māori spiritual framework associated with the heavens. (Note: * Power tier should be Primordial based on association with the heavens, but it's too vague; a more specific description is needed. * Summary needs to be expanded or revised for accuracy. * Appearance)
Ngā Mānawa is a collective name in a Māori tradition (notably attested for Ngāti Awa) for the five 'Fire Children', the sons of Mahuika and Auahitūroa. The five figures are mapped to the five fingers of the hand in regional Māori finger-naming systems, linking elemental fire, genealogy, and human anatomy.
Ngāti Ranginui is a Māori iwi (tribe) based in the Tauranga / Bay of Plenty region of Aotearoa New Zealand. The iwi traces descent from the ancestor Ranginui (of the Takitimu canoe), exercises kaitiakitanga (guardianship) within a defined rohe, maintains marae and governance bodies, and has engaged in Treaty settlement and resource management processes in the contemporary period.
An ancestral canoe in Māori tradition, symbolizing navigation expertise and cultural heritage. (Note: * Power tier: Primordial is unlikely, given the description of an ancestral canoe as a cultural symbol, rather than a cosmic entity. * Appearance: Add note that Ngātokimatawhaorua has no physical appe)
Ngātoro‑i‑rangi is an ancestral ariki‑tohunga (high priest and navigator) in Māori tradition associated with the Arawa canoe migration and the central North Island of Aotearoa. His deeds—naming places, stamping springs into being, confronting hostile atua, and calling for sacred geothermal fire—serve as foundational narratives that legitimate tribal descent (notably Ngāti Tūwharetoa) and explain geothermal and volcanic features of the Taupō/Tongariro region.
The supplied sources do not document a Vietnamese earth- or plant-spirit called "ngải" used in sorcery. Materials provided instead show homographs or similar forms of the sequence 'ngai/ngài/ngāi' in unrelated cultural contexts (an East African creator deity "Ngai", the Māori tribal name "Ngāi Tahu", and Vietnamese honorific usages such as "Ngài"). This entry records only what is present in the provided sources and identifies gaps where data on a Vietnamese ngải is absent.
One of the lesser-known canoes that played a significant role in the migration to New Zealand. (Note: 1. Power tier should be "Local Spirit" instead of "Minor Spirit", as it is a waka that played a role in the migration to New Zealand. 2. The abilities section needs to be revised, as there are no supe)
An important ancestral figure in Māori mythology, guardian of Taputapuatea marae in Rangiatea. (Note: - Power tier should be Ancient, not Greater, given that Ohomairangi lived six generations before the migration to Aotearoa. - Origin story should mention Hawaiki, not Rangiatea (Raiatea) for his place)
An important ancestor in Māori tradition, associated with a whale and significant to tribes such as Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tahu. (Note: 1. Power tier: Reduce to Greater (powerful regional) as there's no indication of cosmic or deity-level powers. 2. Appearance: Add description from source material, e.g., "No specific appearance descri)
A traditional Māori ocean-going canoe used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. (Note: 1. Power tier should be Minor Spirit or at least Lesser (it's not described as having supernatural abilities), and "Greater" is too high. 2. No information about sensory cues, wards, or weaknesses is )
Pania is a sea-dwelling maiden from a Māori narrative linked to the reef off Napier on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The story relates her secret marriage to a human, Karitoki, the loss of her right to return to the sea after being given cooked food, and the guardianship of the area by her son Moremore, a taniwha.
Paoa (Pāoa) is a polyvalent proper name attested across Polynesian contexts — as an eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Pāoa (Māori), as a figure related to the Hawaiian goddess Hiʻiaka, and as a lexical label for a type of club on Rapa Nui/Easter Island. The available sources do not support treating Paoa as a single, coherent supernatural entity with consistent appearance, powers, or rituals.
Papatūānuku is the personified earth in Māori cosmology: an earth‑mother and ancestral land-figure who, together with the sky father, forms the primal couple whose union produces the atua and the natural world. She functions as the physical and spiritual ground of life and is central to genealogical, ecological, and ethical relations between people, land, and other beings.
A class of non‑Māori, people‑like supernatural inhabitants in Māori oral tradition who live apart from ordinary human communities in misty, mountainous and forested places. They are portrayed as communities with chiefs and named groups, physically distinct in some accounts, skilled in music and crafts, ambivalent in relation to humans (ranging from hostile to culturally interactive).
Poutini is a taniwha (water spirit) in Ngāi Tahu oral tradition associated with the West Coast (Te Tai o Poutini) of New Zealand's South Island. In the cited sources Poutini is described primarily as a guardian or kaitiaki of the people and of valued resources such as pounamu (greenstone).
Punga is recorded in the provided sources as the named ancestor of sharks in Māori tradition. The available material supplies only this brief identification and contains no further narrative, descriptive, or ritual detail about Punga.
The pīwakawaka is the Māori name for the New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa), a small, restless insectivorous bird widely familiar across Aotearoa and present in Māori oral tradition where it appears both as common wildlife and as an actor in mythic narratives (notably a role in a Māui story about the origin of death).
Rangi (Ranginui) and Papa (Papatūānuku) are the primordial sky father and earth mother of Māori cosmogony whose intimate union encloses their many children in primeval darkness; their forced separation is the central creative act that brings light, space, and the ordering of the world and its domains.
Ranginui (also Rangi, Rakinui in some South Island dialects) is the personified sky and sky-father in Māori cosmology. As one half of the primal parental couple with Papatūānuku, Ranginui's separation from the earth is central to the origin narrative that brings light, the world, and the atua into being; Ranginui is also conceptually associated with the night sky and seasonal/astronomical knowledge such as Matariki and maramataka.
Rangitihi is a historical ancestral rangatira (chief) in Te Arawa Māori tradition, eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Rangitihi and progenitor of multiple hapū across the Rotorua Lakes District. He is remembered primarily for his role in settlement, lineage formation, and chiefly deeds rather than as a supernatural being.
Rehua is a very sacred sky-personage in Māori tradition who dwells in the highest heaven and is described as untouched by death with powers of healing and revival; in Tahitian material Rehua appears as a star-god associated with the New Year and the production of star-groups.
A type of ocean-going canoe in Māori tradition, significant in the migrations that settled New Zealand. (Note: 1. Power tier should be revised as "Primordial" since it's described as one of the great ocean-going canoes and played a significant role in settling New Zealand. 2. Add sensory cues that reflect its )
Major god in Māori mythology associated with cultivated plants, particularly kūmara. (Note: - Power tier should be Ancient (deity-level) instead of Primordial. - Abilities could use further clarification or expansion based on the source material. - Sensory cues are missing entirely and need )
Rongokako is a named ancestral ariki and tohunga of the Tākitimu waka tradition, remembered in East Coast Māori narratives (Ngāti Kahungunu and related iwi) for superhuman leaping, deeds that explain local landscape features, and variable portrayals that range from heroic ancestor to dangerous elder in different local accounts.
Rongomai-wāhine is presented in the provided sources as a historical/matricentred tupuna (ancestress) and rangatira (chieftainess) from the Māhia Peninsula. Her personal name is the eponym for Ngāti Rongomaiwahine and is invoked in whakapapa that underpins tribal identity, land interests, and contemporary iwi authority rather than describing a supernatural being.
An ancestral figure from Māori tradition, associated with the migration of her people to New Zealand. (Note: - Power tier should be Primordial or Ancient, given her association with Hawaiki (a mythological homeland) and ancestral reverence as a ward. - Appearance description needed; source material does not )
A great ocean-going canoe in Māori tradition, used for voyaging and exploration in the early migrations that settled New Zealand. (Note: - Power tier: The article should be classified as a Primordial, given its significant role in the early migrations that settled New Zealand. - Weaknesses: There is no information provided about Ruakar)
Ruakerepeti appears in Māori sources as a named tūpuna / individual remembered in oral narrative and material culture. He is recorded in a dispute with Tamatea over ownership of Rangaunu and is named among ancestors carved on a meeting-house koruru and tekoteko.
Ruapani was a historical rangatira (paramount chief) of the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Poverty Bay) region of the New Zealand East Coast in the 15th–16th centuries, said to have held paramountcy around 1525. He is an important ancestral figure whose genealogical convergence of high-status lines (including descent from Pawa and Kiwa of the Horouta waka) made his rule undisputed; his residence was Popoia pā and he was ultimately interred in the sacred cave Kohurau at Whare Kōrero. Several hapū and notable later figures claim descent from him, and his legacy anchors local whakapapa and territorial identity.
Ruawharo is attested in Māori sources primarily as a personal/ancestral name and as a placename element. The name appears for an ancestor and craftsman involved in Tākitimu canoe-making, as an eponym for sites (Ōruawharo River, Ruawharo Marae), and in traditions crediting him with provisioning shellfish for descendants.
A Polynesian ancestor and captain of the Uruaokapuarangi canoe, revered by various iwi groups in Māori tradition. (Note: 1. Power tier: Based on the provided source material, there is no indication that Rākaihautū has supernatural abilities, so Greater power tier may be inaccurate. 2. Abilities: The draft states that it)
Rākei-hikuroa was a fifteenth-century rangatira (chieftain) of Ngāti Kahungunu whose political ambition, involvement in inter‑kin violence, and eventual expulsion shaped tribal movement and settlement in eastern Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Rūaumoko (also Rūamoko) is an atua in Māori tradition associated with subterranean activity; his movements beneath or within Papatūānuku (the Earth Mother) are said to cause earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and seasonal change. He is described as a son of Rangi (the Sky Father) and Papatūānuku and occupies the under-earth domain of the primordial family.
Rūhi-te-rangi is a name for which no information appears in the single supplied source. The only provided reference is a Wikipedia article on the maramataka (the Māori lunar calendar), which does not mention or describe Rūhi-te-rangi.
An ancestral canoe in Māori tradition, significant to the settlement of New Zealand. (Note: * Power tier should be Primordial since it's a significant ancestral canoe tied to the settlement of an entire region (New Zealand). * No mention of physical description or abilities beyond cultural s)
A great ocean-going canoe used in the early migrations to settle New Zealand, captained by Ruatāmore and playing a significant role in shaping Māori society. (Note: 1. Power tier should be changed to Greater or Ancient, as it is not described as having cosmic powers. 2. Abilities should include supernatural abilities or behaviors from Māori mythology, such as gui)
Tainui is the ancestral ocean-going waka (canoe) in Māori tradition in which Polynesian migrants voyaged from Hawaiki to Aotearoa approximately 800 years ago. The name denotes both the specific voyaging canoe commanded by Hoturoa and, by extension, the confederation of descendant iwi (the Tainui confederation) whose whakapapa, territorial claims, and political identity rest on that voyage.
In Māori tradition, Takatāpui is an identifier for individuals who identify with non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender characteristics. (Note: 1. Power tier should be revised or removed, as there is no indication in the source material that Takatāpui individuals possess supernatural abilities. 2. Appearance should be revised to "No physical )
Tama-nui-te-rā (also written Tamanuiterā) is the personification of the sun in Māori mythology, treated as a sun-being who appears in origin narratives and cultural explanations (not merely a celestial object). He is involved in stories such as Māui slowing the sun and is named as husband of Hine Raumati and father of Tānerore.
Māori trickster figure who arrived in New Zealand on the Arawa canoe, known for mischief and thievery. (Note: 1. Power tier: Primordial (Tama-te-kapua's actions have cosmic implications, such as disrupting ancestral traditions and causing significant conflict.) 2. Appearance: Should be mentioned that no physi)
Tama-te-rangi was a historical Māori rangatira (chieftain) of Ngāti Kahungunu, ancestor of Ngāi Tamaterangi, remembered in tribal whakapapa and history for his leadership in warfare, alliance-making, and the proverb-laden episode concerning the tohi ritual and ceremonial clothing.
Tamarereti is a southern Māori (Ngāi Tahu / Kai Tahu) ancestral voyager and legendary navigator whose name is given to a southern-sky star-figure Te Waka o Tamarereti. His voyage narratives connect human voyaging, celestial navigation, and memories of southern phenomena such as floating ice and the Aurora Australis.
Historical Māori figure, renowned ariki and leader who played a significant role in the settlement of New Zealand. (Note: - Power tier should be Primordial since historical Māori figures are considered to have had significant cosmic influence. - Abilities need clarification; while negotiation, strategic planning, diploma)
Tamatea Pokai Whenua (also Tamatea Pōkaiwhenua, Tamatea Urehaea) is remembered in Māori sources as an important ariki (chieftain) and ancestral explorer whose voyages and deeds are invoked in place‑names, whakapapa, marae and iwi institutions. He is presented as a human tūpuna whose travels help explain landscape names and validate tribal affiliations rather than as a supernatural entity.
Tamatea Urehaea (also known as Tamatea Pōkai-whenua and Tamatea Pōkai-moana) is a Māori ariki (chiefly ancestor and navigator) of the Tākitimu tradition and an important progenitor for Ngāti Kahungunu. Remembered as an exceptional voyager, founder of settlements, and eponym for place-names and landscape features, his deeds explain many local topographies and tribal claims to land; some regional versions also preserve mythic transformations of landscape linked to his voyages.
Tamatearokai is named in Māori ancestral tradition as the captain of the voyaging canoe Te Rangiuamutu. He functions as a founding ancestor (tohu tupuna) linked to the whakapapa of Taranaki iwi such as Ngāti Ruanui and Ngā Rauru rather than as a supernatural being.
Tangaroa is a principal Polynesian atua of oceanic realms — in Māori tradition he is the great atua of the sea, lakes, rivers, and creatures within them, especially fish. Cognate figures (Tagaloa, Tangaloa, Taʻaroa, Kanaloa) appear across Polynesia with varying rank and functions from departmental sea-god to supreme creator in regional traditions.
In Māori tradition, a taniwha is a class of large, place‑bound supernatural beings associated with deep pools, caves, rivers and the sea. They can act as kaitiaki (protective guardians) of tribes and places or as dangerous, predatory creatures that punish violations of tapu and sometimes attack or abduct people.
Taranaki (Tuturu) is a Māori iwi (tribal group) of Aotearoa/New Zealand whose identity is anchored in the Taranaki region and Mount Taranaki. The iwi has a long-standing presence in the region, were active in 19th‑century conflicts (the Taranaki Wars), and participate in contemporary Treaty settlement and political processes.